COLLECTION OF SIX SOAPSTONE AND BRONZE SEALS
QING DYNASTY AND LATER
£320
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
comprising: a large Balin stone uncarved seal, the finial with three rams; a Changhua stone seal carved with a sage on rock with red inclusions; a soapstone seal carved with a qilin; a bronze seal with a Buddhist lion finial, the seal reading 'The Chief Temple of the Glorious Bright Deity', 7cm high; another bronze seal, also with a Buddhist lion finial; and a mottled red, grey and white stone seal, well-carved with a crouching qilin amidst clouds, on a shallow square plinth, the inscribed date 1803, signed Zuo Jun (1750-1841), courtesy name of Huang Yue, the seal reading 'I want to chant purely poems without words' (6)
Dimensions
largest 11.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private London collection; Ex. Benedict Fontana Collection, Consul General to Switzerland in Hong Kong 1966-1972.